The meeting of the second vice-president of the Libyan House of Representatives, Al-Hadi As-Saghir, and the head of the Foreign Relations Committee of the State Duma of the Russian Federation, Leonid Slutsky, took place in Moscow, on March 29. reports the website of the Libyan House of Representatives.
At the meeting, the parties discussed the political situation in Libya and the latest events in the country in the presence of the Russian Ambassador to Libya. Leonid Slutsky expressed his support for the Libyan House of Representatives, welcomed the adoption of the 13th amendment to the constitution and the formation of the 6+6 Committee together with the Supreme State Council to agree on the legislative framework for the upcoming elections . At the end of the meeting, the parties agreed to exchange visits.
Let us remember that the last large-scale hostilities in Libya ceased in the summer of 2020. On October 23, 2020, a ceasefire agreement was signed in Geneva. The agreement provided for the holding of unified elections in the country on December 24, 2021, the creation of a unified interim government for this period, the creation of a unified army and the withdrawal of all foreign forces.
As a result of the forum in Geneva, Abdel Hamid Dbeiba became head of Libya’s Interim Government of National Unity, but was unable to organize presidential and parliamentary elections scheduled for December 24, 2021. He also broke his promise not to run for the Libyan presidency.
On February 10, 2022, the Libyan Parliament elected Fathi Bashaga as the new Prime Minister of the Libyan interim government. Who was supposed to replace the head of the Provisional Government of National Unity Abdel Hamid Dbeiba.
Dbeiba refuses to step down as prime minister and, relying on armed groups loyal to him, continues to occupy the country’s capital, Tripoli.
The presence of two parallel governments in the country led Libya into a political impasse. The way out, from which the Supreme State Council of Libya and the country’s parliament are trying to find.
Source: Rossa Primavera
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